Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow (Bill Morrow) finds that inconsistent at the moment the standards of mobile broadband WiMAX and LTE in the future could be combined into one.

He voiced this opinion during the conference CTIA. He said that already discussed this idea with the heads of leading companies such as Intel, Vodafone and China Mobile.

Morrow called on developers to pay more attention to the similarities rather than differences between WiMAX and LTE.

"We need to think about how we can combine them – he said. – We (Clearwire) are not going to incite a war. "

Via TGDaily

On Tuesday, the U.S. operator Sprint introduced the phone EVO 4G production HTC. Previously, he was known under the working title Supersonic. The phone will work in a CDMA-network Sprint, supports WiMAX, and the diagonal of its screen is 4.3 inches, which is 30% more screen iPhone.

Other characteristics of the new items:

• OS Android 2.1 C Sense UI;
• Snapdragon processor at 1 GHz;
• 512 MB RAM;
• 1 GB of internal memory;
• multi-touch screen resolution of 800 × 480;
• 8-megapixel camera with flash, video recording;
• More 1.3-megapixel front camera for video chat;
• Wi-Fi 802.11b / g;
• HDMI-out;
• leg to keep it standing upright;
• Card slot microSD;
• Battery 1500 mAh

Comparing these characteristics with Google Nexus One and Motorola Droid , easy to see that at the moment is the most powerful smartphone on the Android.

In most Sprint appreciates EVO 4G chances of success. "This is without a doubt will be a cult phone" – said the spokesman, David Owens (David Owens).

The price and exact date of start of sales will be announced later.

Via Engadget

State provider "Voentelecom" serving the Defense, has begun to test the network WiMAX in the range of 2,3-2,4 GHz. Network bandwidth is 10 MHz. First, the network will be connected to a number of military facilities, such as military units and military camps. According to the results of tests will be decided to implement a network on a permanent basis or not.

It is still unknown whether the military plan the commercial use of the network (in the case of its implementation). Meanwhile, Vedomosti quoted Director General Voentelekoma ", which did not exclude non-military use.

Via Lenta

At the peak of the company Yota "Comstar intends to deploy its own network of the fourth generation in dozens of settlements, Moscow region, reports RBC daily. Initially planned to deploy 40 base stations, WiMAX, each of which cost $ 50 thousand

To implement the project, Comstar will use not only their power, but also the infrastructure of the MTS. The stations will have to work at frequencies 2,5-2,7 GHz.

"We will soon obtain the frequency of WiMAX in the suburbs. Firstly, we are planning to provide wireless access to major highways and shopping centers outside the Moscow Ring Road, as well as in satellite towns. In such places, we expect to provide WiMAX services and private and corporate customers "- says the president of Comstar Sergey Pridantsev.

via RBC daily

Operator access to the internet "Skartel", known under the brand name Yota, entered into an agreement with the railway company Aeroexpress. Now the passengers of trains that carrier will be able to enjoy all the benefits of high-speed WiMAX connection directly to the train, free of charge.

According to Vedomosti, at first the service will be provided on a line between Belarusian railway station and the airport "Sheremetyevo" and later be expanded to other flights linking the capital with Vnukovo, Domodedovo and frontal. Create a new base station without having to, as the existing coating completely covers the network access roads to airports.

via Gazette

The operator "Megafon" the first of the "big three" asked to allocate frequencies in the range of 2,3-2,4 GHz network deployment for 4G. According to Kommersant, a statement filed with the Roskomnadzor.

Which it will be a network, LTE or WiMAX, is not reported, although with a high probability this will be WiMAX, since Minkomsvyazi announced a competition for the deployment of networks of this type, and Megafon intends to participate. In addition to the "MegaFon", the competition will be attended by "Trivon Networks", "Prestige-Internet», «Tele2 Russia, a number of subsidiaries of Svyazinvest and other companies. Currently, Megafon plans to create a fourth-generation network in 40 regions of the country.

Meanwhile, it should be noted that all operators of the "big three" believe LTE more promising standard.

Via Lenta

According to the newspaper "Vedomosti", Motorola plans to expand in Russia production of equipment for communications networks fourth generation WiMAX. To this end, the American company signed an agreement with Russia "Informinvestgrupp.

Capital investment in the project has not yet decided, but it is already known that the joint venture will fully comply with the criterion of "Russia company" and thus satisfy the conditions of the tender Minkomsvyazi.

via Mobile news

Operative report the news the Consumer Electronics Show, CES 2010 – is not simple, because new items appear almost every minute, and you have to have a good wireless connection. Representative TG Daily at the exhibition said that with this in Las Vegas, to put it mildly, not very good: and 3G, and Wi-Fi become unstable and intermittent. And then he hurries to please the reader: on the stand that Dell is no problem in principle. Why? Dell introduced new notebook based on the Core i5 with integrated WiMAX Link 6150 module, which was previously known under the code name Kilmer Peak. Go online with this laptop was a pleasure: the relationship of Clearwire stable, the rate of admission – up to 12 Mbps, sending – 2 Mbps.

"Why WiMAX? – Asked the representative of Intel Susie Ramirez (Suzy Ramirez) and the very same answers: – Think about the technology of today, such as 3G, which is used by millions of users iPhone. Well, 3G is not designed to transfer large amounts of data flowing on the network channels, because of what the network is often simply can not handle the load. Meanwhile, WiMAX is specifically designed to handle large volumes of data. "

According to Ramirez, Intel is very pleased with the successes of WiMAX in the U.S., where the connection is already active in 25 cities, including Las Vegas. Connecting New York and San Francisco are expected this year.

It is good that Intel has focused on developing WiMAX in other countries: Ramirez particularly highlighted Russia, Japan and India.

Via TG Daily

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Despite the fact that the protocol LTE, it seems, is becoming the de facto standard for next generation mobile communication, ASUS continues to experiment with WiMAX. The company has already submitted and a laptop equipped with a WiMAX-module, and the Eee PC with WiMAX – at CES 2008. That is, in fact, the company continues its line – and provides WiMAX become popular netbuki series Eee.

The first product to be WiMAX-modem model Eee PC 1000HG, which in addition will be fitted with and Wi-Fi-module – more precisely, the support of IEEE 802.16e, WAVE2, and Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n at frequencies of 2.4 ~ 2.7 GHz and 5.1 ~ 5.8 GHz. Netbuk with 10-inch screen on the other characteristics will be similar to other models, a family of Eee PC 1000. Not yet known when it will be released this netbuk: states the company, the product is in development and production of its follow in the near future.